19 CommentsOver the spring, students at Brown University got together and created a cypher. It’s okay but, honestly, we only have one thing to say about it: one of them is wearing an LL Bean vest CU can do it better. Enter a group of students who met through the Columbia University Society of HipHop (CUSH). They created an awesome cypher of their own to spark up a bit of friendly competition; after all, Brown students take like three classes so it’s not as if they don’t have the time.
The group attempts to use their lyrics to raise social awareness on topics ranging from prison divestment to underrepresentation of minority groups. We applaud them on their message, and their hat choices. The beat in this particular video is “a throwback to Rakim’s classic song “When I B On Tha Mic.”
Says one Bwogger: “that shit is hot hot fire.” But don’t just take our word for it! Check out the video below:
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@DJFL Mistook Calvin Klein for LL Bean. I guess understandable coming from people who wear Walmart shirts.
@numba1groupie Damn. this is fucking fire, can’t stop listening on repeat. Love how much you enjoy doing your art, so inspiring. Keep doing what you do. Rappin about real shit, intellectual and dope? what a combo.
@oof zach storm!!!
@Anonymous “YKD” was best overall. Great lyrics, delivery, and presentation. But props to all involved.
@KanyeAnalytic Being and Time or Being and Rhyme? // My flow is prime, I ontologize while I #touchTheSky // Late registration, metaphysical realizations // Astrological, I hit the constellation like a learned Haitian // Uh, yeah I’m the Louis Vuitton Don, reading Ion // sipping margaritas on a yacht that’s fit to die on // Drive the scion, navigating the ontological waters // John Mayer’s Daughters, consider the lobster like David Foster // Sleep through CC like they left me off the roster // AYYY #analyticDoe
@terry montelibano yo, my dude daniel omachonu is really outchea. get him a deal, elect him president, do whatever the fuck you want to to acknowledge his supremacy. fuck you, rick ross. miami’s true king has arrived #tybg
@NO terry, you are really perpetuating the cycle by which capitalism engenders rape culture. check your post-colonial privilege.
@justchillin yo what r you guys talkin bout , this video is #dope doe
@Dwight Engels AKA FlowScholar Wow, CUCypher, just wow. From its very beginnings, hip-hop/rap has been a counter-cultural medium of expression that seeks to subvert conventional modes and structures of institutionalism through sound-protest. These articulate gentlemen have managed to channel this anti-authoritarian spirit by committing themselves to a “socially conscious” strain of ‘rhythmic discourse’ that will effectively cement their place in Columbia hip-hop history. Ultimately, their words help to construct a ‘cultured space’ in which myriad ethnic, religious, and political ‘concepts of being’ unite under the banner of a singular vision for positive social change — and that’s what hip hop’s all about. #CUCYpher #PushingTheBoundaries
@THA_NEW_afrika bambaataa Dwight, I appreciate your post, but to be honest, you’re falling victim to the ignorant appropriationism that has corroded public discourse about hip-hop for generations. Afro-futurist doctrine holds that the apotheosis of rap-based expression is not in fact an intersectional convergence of positive social forces, but rather an actualization of KRS-One’s Urban Inspirational Metaphysics. Obviously.
@DELTA SIGMA PHI - BETA CHAPTER As a values-based organization predicated on age-old principles of self-sufficiency and male pride, the DSP community would like to express its appreciation for the above commentators’ scholarly devotion to hip-hop. We agree that Lil B and Waka Flocka Flame are not only the greatest rappers of all time, but important voices with unique perspectives on the American experience. We are DSP. #Rush2015
@Anonymous omg. i love hip hop, like nicki minaj and iggy azalea (obvi), and in my hip hop and social inequality class we talk about this stuff ALL the time……. so cool!
@Anonymous Damon on some real kendrick sounding flow
@Anonymous What the HELL is Sam talking about?
@Space Jam is hella sexay!
@Anonymous needs more buckets #bucket
@Anonymous Sam Piland is LIT
@Anonymous This is fire
@Anonymous I appreciate the more straightforwardness of the CU video. the brown one was well directed and edited and all but I just got the sense that the columbia guys really wanted to focus on the music.